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Directions Magazine: GIS News, Articles, Maps, Data, Tools
Your Source for Geospatial Technology Wednesday | June 11, 2008

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Top Story

Serendipity in News and TravelSerendipity in News and Travel

Are you the type who grabs the latest cell phone with GPS? Or upgrades to the latest tools for tracking your hiking expedition or bike ride? Not all geospatial professionals are geo-gadget people. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg isn't one when it comes to satellite navigation devices - she doesn't have one. In this editorial she explains the choice in one word: serendipity. She puts it this way: "It's my contention that if you follow a track too closely you are not open the wonders you may find along the way."


Be there when GIS and the Web unite at the GeoWeb 2008 Conference July 21-25, in Vancouver, B.C.
Visit http://www.geowebconference.org to register and see the full program now!

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ESRI's ArcGIS Podcast Series (#3): What's New in ArcPad 7.1
In this podcast, Elvin Slavik, ArcPad lead developer, and Jian Lange, ArcPad product manager, talk about the latest ArcPad release, version 7.1. Hear about new capabilities and performance enhancements including out-of-the-box relational database support, simple data templates, and new StreetMap and Data Manager extensions.

Oracle's Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#4): Oracle Business Intelligence with Spatial/MapViewer Integration
In this podcast learn how Aon Re Global, an Oracle customer and the largest insurance intermediary in the world, uses Oracle Spatial, Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to perform more accurate risk analysis. Aon's Dan Schuffert will provide a specific example of how they determine the risk for customers whose policies are within or out of wind pool boundaries, such as Florida or the Carolinas.


All Points Blog

Mapping the Toronto Measles Outbreak

Quote of the Week

Clark Labs Receives Climate Warning Grants from Google.org, Moore Foundation

Google Will Open My Location Feature to Developers


Press Releases

Gray Line West Victoria Captivates its Audience with New Multilingual Audio Tours

3TIER Announces Contract with IFC to Prepare 2 km Wind Map of Bolivia

Munsys, Inc. announces the release of Munsys Service Pack 10.0.1 - providing compatibility with Oracle 11g

IntelliTours unveils audio tours for Garmin navigators

T-Mobile Venture Fund Makes Strategic Investment in deCarta

Pixxures, Inc. a subsidiary of XeDAR Corporation, is awarded Bruce County, Ontario Parcel Rectification Project

GeoEye Makes Progress on a Third-Generation Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellite

MetaCarta Launches Blog to Discuss How Geography and Maps Are Transforming the Internet

Timmons Group Announces Phase II of Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center Data Integration Project

Map Asia 2008 to Feature High Profile Speakers


New Jobs

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Australia, Queensland

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Australia, Queensland

Spatial Information Officer (Surveying)
Australia, Queensland

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Australia, Victoria

GIS Intern
United States of America, SC, Charleston


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